new book: Research is ceremony: Indigenous Research Methods

Kia ora,

it is always encouraging to find work published by Indigenous scholars. Below are details about a new book called Research Is Ceremony: Indigenous Research Methods by Shawn Wilson. Taima

Describing a research paradigm shared by indigenous scholars in Canada and Australia, this study demonstrates how this standard can be put into practice. Portraying indigenous researchers as knowledge seekers who work to progress indigenous ways of being, knowing, and doing in a constantly evolving context, this examination shows how relationships both shape indigenous reality and are vital to reality itself. These same knowledge seekers develop relationships with ideas in order to achieve enlightenment in the ceremony of maintaining accountability. Envisioning researchers as accountable to all relations, this overview proves that careful choices should be made regarding selection of topics, methods of data collection, forms of analysis, and the way in which information is presented.

Shawn Wilson works in the department of rural health at Northern Rivers University in New South Wales, Australia.

http://www.amazon.ca/Research-Ceremony-Indigenous-Methods/dp/1552662810

Tino Rangatiratanga Flag

I am glad that this is the chosen flag to represent Maori people across all levels of society. Kia kaha, Taima

Enrolments for Te Whiuwhiu o te Hau Maori Counselling Degree

Kia ora, the Te Whiuwhiu o te Hau Degree programme is seeking enrolments for 2010. If you are interested see details below. For those seeking a career in counselling and social service work, and who want to specialise in working with Maori members and their whanau, this course is for you. You will receive knowledge and skills from two orientations: Maori traditions and culture and counselling theories and skills. You will also have the opportunity to learn about personal and professional development as well as gain a career in the counselling field. Contact WINTEC Waikato Institute of Technology for details. naku noa Taima

Bachelor of Applied Social Science (Te Whiuwhiu o te Hau - Māori Counselling)

Starts February
For three years
Applications close 31 October
Domestic Student fees are $4379 + $210 extra costs *
Study part-time or full-time
Hamilton City Campus

Are you seeking a professional qualification in the social services field, particularly one that aims to promote and validate Māori approaches in the environment of counselling? Wintec’s Bachelor of Applied Social Science (Te Whiuwhiu o Te Hau - Māori Counselling) is designed for Māori who use, or intend to use, counselling in their work or practice with Māori social service clients or groups.

This three year programme develops professional, theoretical, social, personal and cultural knowledge and skills to enable you to work more effectively and appropriately with Māori people in the social services field. These skills are tested, evaluated and applied to a range of Māori and counselling contexts including fieldwork placements.

One of the most important aspects of this endorsement is to build a theoretical base for Māori counselling, particularly in the areas of research and counselling approaches. Our vision is to join with other indigenous counsellors as part of the ongoing development of cultural knowledge and application in counselling.

This programme may be studied part-time after consultation with the Programme Coordinator.
Programme Content

You will develop the skills to:

* Establish and maintain a working relationship with Māori
* Engage in counselling and facilitation of whānau and groups for generic and specific needs in social services
* Implement strategies for effective communication with Māori
* Demonstrate the role and function of a Māori counsellor in social services
* Demonstrate Māori protocols and approaches
* Demonstrate a confident level of understanding of Te Reo Māori and tikanga
* Lead and facilitate whānau counselling
* Articulate knowledge of a range of Māori counselling approaches
* Contribute toward the development and writing of Māori counselling theories
* Demonstrate a bilingual and bicultural approach to counseling

You will study the following modules:

Stage One Course Content:

* Treaty Based Practice 1
* Understanding Identity and Relationships
* Understanding Society
* Tikanga Wānanga
* Huarahi Whakapakari
* Te Mana Tangata
* Ngā Rongo o Te Reo

Stage Two Course Content:

* Treaty Based Practice 2
* Rangahau Māori
* Te Whakatinanatanga
* Ngā Ropu Manaaki
* Whānau Tau
* Arā Tikanga
* Counselling Practicum

Fieldwork placements involve you participating in the life of an agency where counselling activities are carried out. You will be supervised during this time.

Stage Three Compulsory Course Content:

* Hauora o te Whānau
* Developing Māori Models of Counselling
* Te More
* Kaupapa Māori Research

Stage Three Elective Course Content:

* Indigenous Liberation Studies
* Special Topic of your interest
* One other 15 credit module

Transition Modules:

* Reflective Practice
* Ngā Rongo o Te Reo 1 and 2

Career Opportunites

The Bachelor of Applied Social Science (Te Whiuwhiu o Te Hau - Māori Counselling) may lead to employment in counselling, cultural services social work, community social work and iwi social services.
Entry Criteria

* 60 credits at NCEA Level 2 in four subjects, including English, or
* 42 credits at NCEA Level 3 in three subjects, or
* University Entrance, or
* Equivalent qualification

Candidates are required to indicate whether they have been convicted of or are being prosecuted for a criminal offence as some types of criminal conviction may limit the ability to secure practicum placements and therefore complete the programme.

Special admission may be granted to candidates aged 20 years or over who do not meet the specified entry requirements. These candidates may be required to demonstrate an ability to successfully complete the programme through a process of an interview and / or assessment.

Candidates will be required to provide a record of qualifications, employment history, work experience and two references.

Waiariki continues commitment to biculturalism

Kia ora all,

I found this posting really exciting with regard toward building Maori education strategies and forging new innnovations for old Maori studies departments. Given the dynamic changes to Maori Studies at Wintec and Manukau (MIT), what Waiariki are doing gives some ideas for the restructuring and retaining of Maori worldviews and pedagogies yet making it possible to be effective in mainstream institutes. Awesome mahi, Taima

Waiariki continues commitment to biculturalism, Friday, 29 January 2010, 10:36 am NZ Scoop

Waiariki continues commitment to biculturalism with launch of wānanga

Te Wānanga a Ihenga, Māori Development, Humanities and Research is a merger of Waiariki’s former Māori directorate and the School of Māori Development and Humanities. Led by Deputy Chief Executive Māori, Keith Ikin, the wānanga will not only develop and deliver Māori development and humanities qualifications, but also support projects, foundation learning and research across all six Waiariki schools.

Te Wānanga a Ihenga Māori Development, Humanities and Research will officially open its doors Tuesday, February 2, 2010.

Waiariki’s commitment to biculturalism is holistic, focusing on internal practises and forging relationships with external groups and organisations that support the institute’s vision.

“The merger will strengthen Waiariki’s commitment to biculturalism and it will provide further support to the establishment of relationships Waiariki is developing with iwi,” said Keith Ikin, Deputy Chief Executive Māori at Waiariki.

A key focus of the wānanga will be to support the establishment of the Te Arawa Wānanga (to be centred around Tangatarua marae on Waiariki’s Mokoia Campus), the partnership in Turangi with Te Whare Aronui o Tuwharetoa, and potentially create relationships with other iwi within the Waiariki region.

The wānanga houses many courses making up parts of important Waiariki qualifications including Māori studies and the new Bachelor of Māori Development, the Bachelor of Applied Social Science (Social Work) and additional social science qualifications, and teaching qualifications such as the Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education).

The merging of the two Waiariki departments will create a seamless business unit that makes sense for all involved, with two departments whose aims complement the other’s, and with a community that will surely benefit from the deal.

UN report gives kohanga reo centres a big tick

UN report gives kohanga reo centres a big tick by Kara Segedin, posted in New Zealand Herald, 20 Jan, 2010

A UN education report has commended New Zealand's kohanga reo early childhood centres for playing an important role in challenging discrimination and building a more multicultural national identity.

Unesco communications officer, Leila Loupis, said the new report, "Reaching the marginalised", looked at how countries have attempted to improve the education provided to indigenous people.

"We take New Zealand's indigenous language movement as a positive example of having contributed to the expansion of education for Maori children," she said.

The report said kohanga reo have provided a social, political and cultural focal point for the empowerment of Maori and have shown how powerful a revitalised indigenous language can be with educational and social benefits.

"With their ethos of self-help and commitment to continuity across generations, kohanga reo became a source of inspiration for young Maori parents."

The report's findings also showed year 11 Maori students enrolled in kura kaupapa immersion schools did significantly better than Maori in English-language schools.

Kohanga reo are whanau co-operatives where children and families are immersed in an environment where the Maori language can flow.
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Dame Iritana Tawhiwhirangi of the Kohanga Reo National Trust said she was not surprised by the UN's findings.

"It was caught, not taught. That is the fundamental principle of kohanga reo," she said.

Te kohanga reo began in 1981 and the first centre, Pukeatua, was opened near Wellington the following year.

The report says there is encouraging evidence that Maori children - especially girls - are catching up with non-Maori, but the achievement gaps remain large.

Maori are more than three times as likely as non-Maori to leave school with no qualifications.

Dr Pita Sharples, Associate Education Minister, said he was really pleased with Unesco's findings and to see the efforts of kohanga reo and kura kaupapa recognised.

"It was created to save the Maori language and in doing so reinvented a Maori way of teaching," he said.

"We've taken it to New Guinea, North American Indians and Hawaii and watched them adapt."

WINHEC Journal 2010 Edition

kia ora, Nga mihi mo te tau hou 2010, hello

Below is a call for WINHEC'S 2010 Edition. Some of my colleagues and I wrote a paper in the 2006 Edition called "Keeping our fire alive:Towards decolonising research in the academic setting". This can be found at site: http://www.win-hec.org/?q=node/92

These journals are a good read especially in the area of Indigenous education. Taima

See below details for the WINHEC Journal 2010 Edition:

World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium (WINHEC): Call For Papers

CALL FOR PAPERS

WINHEC JOURNAL 2010 Edition

The World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium invites papers for the 2010 edition of the WINHEC Journal.

The WINHEC Journal is an online and printed publication dedicated to the exploration and advancement of issues related to Indigenous education, culture and language faced by WINHEC nations and members.

The 2010 edition will be published in printed and possibly online in August 2010. The theme of this edition is Indigenous Voices, Indigenous Research.

The deadline for Papers is June 15th 2010.

For more information, including the guidelines for Papers, please contact:

Professor Veronica Arbon
veronica.arbon@deakin.edu.au This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
2010 Editor
Institute of Koorie education
Deakin University
Geelong, Victoria, Australia

The previous editions can be reached online at http://www.win-hec.org

Conference: International Indigenous Problem Gambling Symposium, Rotorua, Aotearoa-New Zealand

Kia ora, below is an invitation from Dr Laurie Morrison (Event Manager) for the International Indigenous Problem Gambling Symposium Conference to be held in Rotorua, 15-17 February 2010.

Te Herenga Waka o Te Ora Whānau proudly present: An International Indigenous Problem Gambling Symposium - Practice, Research and Knowledge Gathering, Tamatekapua Marae, Ohinemutu, Rotorua, Aotearea- New Zealand, 15-17 February 2010.
www.herengawaka.maori.net.nz

The Inaugural Te Herenga Waka o Te Ora Whānau International Indigenous Symposium will focus on traditional indigenous concepts, values, ideals, models and strategies for sustaining balanced and healthy relationships within and across families, communities, nations, nation-states, local, regional and global borders, territories and environments.

The Indigenous Symposium will provide opportunities to discuss indigenous strategies for sustaining relationships between collective gambling providers, for resolving the impacts of gambling within Māori and indigenous communities to restore balance and mana, particularly for those whānau members who have been affected.
This Indigenous Symposium will also be an opportunity to share what has been learnt from diverse contexts from around the world about how indigenous gambling models, values, concepts and processes have been incorporated into state or government initiatives and the impacts of this on indigenous peoples.

The Indigenous Symposium, with associated community workshops and satellite meetings, enables us to bring together in dialogue a wide range of participants, perspectives, voices, frameworks and models for understanding how indigenous people relate to problem gambling issues in their communities. For more information and to register to attend, please see our website www.herengawaka.maori.net.nz

Dr Laurie Morrison (Ngati Whakaue / Te Arawa)Event Manager
email laurie_morrison@xtra.co.nz Ph: +64 (0)7 348 3493 Mob: +64 (0)272595665
1 Ariariterangi Street Ohinemutu Rotorua